B716 (Cambuslang)
B716 | ||||||||||
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From: | Croftfoot (NS593596) | |||||||||
To: | Newton (NS681601) | |||||||||
Via: | Cambuslang | |||||||||
Distance: | 6.3 miles (10.1 km) | |||||||||
Met: | B766, A749, B762, B759, A724, B758 | |||||||||
Now part of: | A730, B762, B759 | |||||||||
Traditional Counties | ||||||||||
Route outline (key) | ||||||||||
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For the original B716 from Carluke to Carstairs, see B716 (Carluke - Carstairs).
The B716 was a semi-urban B-road in north Lanarkshire.
The route started on the B766 in Croftfoot, a junction which was latterly, and still is a roundabout, and headed east along Croftfoot Road to Mill Street (now the A730). Here it briefly turned north, before continuing east onto Blairbeth Road into Burnside, this former dogleg has been removed and the junction is now a signalised crossroads. At the further end of Blairbeth Road, there was another, slightly longer dogleg under the railway line on Burnside Road, including a short multiplex with the A749. Heading east once more, it followed the railway line along a short section of Dukes Road and then Brownside Road. At the far end it met the B759 at a staggered crossroads and continued ahead onto Vicarland Road. This then becomes Howieshill Road before reaching the A724 Hamilton Road.
There was then a multiplex northwest along the A724 towards Cambuslang town centre, before the B716 regained its number by turning right into Westburn Road. The route continued to curve eastwards before crossing over a railway line (now a cycle route) into Westburn itself. The smaller village of Newton followed, which has since been substantially enlarged with new housing, and then the route made another dogleg over a different railway line. Westburn Road then zig-zags down to the Rotten Calder (a river), which was crossed on Redlees Bridge, before a final short climb to end on the B758.
The route was originally unclassified but had gained its number by 1927. The route lasted until at least 1974 but has since been downgraded, although part of it is now the B762. This section starts on the A730 and heads east along Blairbeth Road, which was the route of the A730 before the completion of the Cathkin Bypass. After the short multiplex with the A749, the B762 also uses the short section of Dukes Road that was formerly part of the B716.